Ark Heroine Development Plan

A blazing, absolute, unquenchable flame.

"What Luosha, Qingdeng, Yumo, Baiyudie... I want them all to get out of here, ah... and my incompetent junior sister. What should I do to-"

"Don't you already know?"

"..."

"Hehehe...hahahahaha, I will, I will definitely do it, Master. I will conquer everything I want from you..."

The arrogance and confidence in Guiminglou's declaration were so strong that people had to believe that even death could not shake this will in the slightest.

In response, she received Guan Yueli's gentle kiss.

Then, Xingxiong heard the ultimate and pure joy, a joy and... terror that she had never seen or experienced before.

The blood-stained demon stained the pure white body, but Xingxiong could do nothing.

She ran away.

From then on, Xingxiong no longer initiated conflicts with Guiminglou, nor did she provoke her, because she already knew that the "guidance" she had experienced and the guidance Guiminglou had experienced were more than just a slight difference, it was the difference between heaven and hell.

She no longer criticized Guiminglou for its ideas and motives, because she did not have the courage to face Guiminglou, who dared to declare without hesitation that he would monopolize Guanyueli and make it his lifelong career.

If you want to monopolize Guan Yueli, you have to surpass Guan Yueli.

Only then did Xingxiong realize that it was just a difference in ideas. It was just that Guiminglou simply disliked him, and from then on he hated him.

I hate myself for being so weak yet being favored.

Chapter 82: Phantoms of the Past Part 3

In the dojo, a woman in a black windbreaker closed her eyes, holding a knife hanging at her waist in one hand, with an impatient expression; opposite her, a woman with green hair holding a huge triangular shield looked very stern and solemn.

The battle was about to break out and ended in an instant.

Guiminglou didn't even look at Xingxiong who was lying on the ground, and walked straight out of the dojo.

"Are you leaving now?"

Rubbing his forehead, Xingxiong straightened up and looked at the back.

"Now, I can no longer learn more from my master."

Gui Minglou answered calmly. Not just because of her age or something else, her voice became hoarse, and she had a kind of aloofness that made her seem like someone no one should approach.

She turned around and glanced at Xingxiong: "Same to you, Junior Sister."

There is almost no superficial conflict or tension between Xingxiong and Guiminglou. Although they both dislike each other from the bottom of their hearts, for various reasons, the senior and junior sisters who understand each other well enough and are mature enough will no longer fight with each other like before.

If he really gets angry, it will definitely be a very tragic scene.

Xingxiong sat upright in silence, without refuting Guiminglou's words.

She really couldn't learn anything from Guan Yueli. To be exact... if it was just the "killing style", she would have learned nothing long ago.

At the beginning, Xingxiong only wishfully begged Guan Yueli to guide her and give her the power to exercise justice, but the Killing Flow was never created for such a thing.

Despite this, Xingxiong still did not give up her practice of the Killing Style, not only because Guan Yueli's teachings to her were different from those to other Killing Style practitioners, but more importantly, she always kept in mind what Guan Yueli emphasized and stubbornly believed that she could do it.

The killing flow is a "technique" rather than a "Tao".

No one stipulates that the techniques of the Killing Flow must be used to kill people, and no one stipulates that those who practice the Killing Flow must embark on the path of slaughter and drinking blood.

With this idea in mind, Xingxiong has been practicing the ultimate martial arts taught to her by Professor Guan Yueli, and trying to carve out a completely new path in her thinking - although this is just an idea, and although this is a complete joke in the eyes of her senior sister.

Gui Minglou looked at Xingxiong's quiet and dignified appearance, and his expressionless face suddenly became cold.

Humans grow, and this is the biggest difference between humans and other animals.

Today, Xingxiong has changed from the hot-blooded righteous girl in the past to a well-educated, generous and cheerful woman who is also quiet and elegant.

Of course, Guiminglou has also changed. She is colder, more moody, and more... lonely than before.

In comparison, the contrast is very tragic, but the reason why Guiminglou's mood suddenly became so bad was not because he was bored and jealous of Xingxiong's transformation in a good direction, but because of... her motivation and reason for transformation.

The dark figure that was about to leave swept backwards like a storm, plowing a ditch in the middle of the entire dojo. Guiminglou pinched Xingxiong's neck with one hand and lifted her up with an expressionless face.

Xingxiong coughed several times, but she didn't seem angry. Instead, she lowered her eyes, as if she owed Guiminglou something.

"Again... this weak look."

The woman's dark red eyes were filled with cruelty and rage. She slowly squeezed out the words from between her teeth: "Every day, you beg for mercy from the master like this, right?"

"You admired her, imitated her, from her words and deeds to her appearance, from her personality to her skills... just to become this disgusting person!?"

Yes, the reason why Xingxiong has become who she is now, in addition to her gradually growing mind, is more... actually the various emotions she has towards Guan Yueli.

In terms of composition, Xingxiong's subjective desire to "become a better person" is not a big factor. It is more about her admiration for Guanyueli that has prompted her to change from the bad girl who likes to enforce justice to the current Xingxiong who is both cheerful and generous, and gentle and quiet like Yamato Nadeshiko.

But that’s all.

For many years, Xingxiong has been playing the role of a younger sister - except for a few years ago when he mustered up the courage to climb into Guanyue Li's bed and then things got out of control, Xingxiong has always regarded herself as a younger sister and has never crossed the line.

Such a star bear makes Guiminglou disgusted.

"You know, I hate you more than those old women, Junior Sister."

Guiminglou whispered faintly, "Although they have a deeper bond with their master than I do, they either recognize their place and stop yearning for it, or they refuse to resign themselves to this and continue trying even after failing for hundreds of years. And you..."

She exerted a little more force, but this was nothing to Xingxiong. It just made him feel a little more uncomfortable, but he still didn't resist.

Because what Gui Minglou said was her weak spot that she could refute again, and it was undoubtedly true.

"You harbor delusional fantasies about your master, yet you occupy this privileged position and never take action. Your master has given you so many opportunities...yet you haven't cherished them even once."

"Not even once!"

boom--!

Gui Minglou's eyes suddenly turned bloodshot and he pressed Xingxiong directly into the floor of the dojo. The entire dojo shook due to the sudden impact.

Gui Minglou gasped continuously, her scarlet eyes gradually fading back to their original dark red. She lifted Xingxiong from the floor and looked at her disheveled and disheveled junior sister with utter disgust on her face.

"If you want to be a younger sister, then be a good younger sister. If you still have some wildness in you, then take action. But you... your hypocrisy and weakness make me sick."

"Even if I share a master with those women, I will never admit that you are his woman."

Xingxiong coughed twice and chuckled, "I wasn't one in the first place."

"you--!"

The long sword at Guiminglou's waist was unsheathed three inches, and a bloody aura so thick that it made people uncomfortable instantly filled the dojo.

The veins on Xueshou's back, who was holding the hilt of the knife, bulged. After a long time, the nameless knife that had drunk the blood of countless "strong men" was pushed back into the scabbard.

"It won't just end like this."

Guiminglou muttered to himself.

The next second, Xingxiong's expression suddenly tensed, and obvious pain and discomfort appeared on his face, but it quickly disappeared.

After that, Guiminglou threw Xingxiong aside and turned to leave.

"You just..." Xingxiong covered his forehead and looked at Guiminglou with a complicated expression.

Gui Minglou paused and said coldly:

"If you are still like this when we meet next time, no matter what your status in my Master's heart is, you will die."

Xingxiong leaned against the wall somewhat weakly, and sneered: "Senior Sister, are you so concerned about the relationship between me and my sister?"

"..."

Guiminglou did not answer.

"When you leave, remember to say hello to Sister." Xingxiong, who was exhausted, half closed his eyes. "Although I hope you can say hello to everyone...but forget it."

The woman turned around and gave her one last look:

"This is just as disgusting, idiot."

Then she disappeared, and that was the last time Xingxiong saw Guiminglou.

She didn't say hello to anyone, but just beat herself up before leaving.

Chapter 83: No one can resist a woman's fist-fighting scene

The memory of rising from the sea came to an abrupt end, and the memories after that were meaningless to Xingxiong. Because she now remembered why Guiminglou did such a thing and what she wanted.

In the endless obsession of Guiming Tower, Xingxiong's consciousness was as pitifully swaying as a candle in the wind.

The only ray of pure self gave the answer - she came to Guiming Tower to fulfill her promise. She wanted to know whether she was still as weak as before.

It's not weakness in military power, nor is it a struggle in ideology. From the very beginning, Guiminglou was not aiming for Xingxiong's growth in combat or in self-improvement.

She only wanted to know one thing, she only cared about one thing.

That is Xingxiong's feelings for Guan Yueli... Has they grown in these twenty years?

She didn't care at all what kind of person Xingxiong had become. At most, she only cared a little bit whether Xingxiong had achieved higher attainments in the killing style. Her ultimate goal was just to confirm this one thing.

Gui Minglou wanted to know if his junior sister was still the same as she was twenty years ago: she had the same ambitions as every other woman, and she had a more advantageous position than any other woman, but she was hesitant and timid.

She clearly had nothing to lose - even if she was rejected, Guan Yueli would never dislike Xingxiong at all, and Guan Yueli's attitude towards her would never change.

Xingxiong was simply afraid of the result, the result of being rejected by Guanyueli and then having no room for maneuver.

Even if she was still his sister, what would it matter? After being rejected by Guan Yueli again, there would be no chance again. Xingxiong was afraid of this future, afraid of revealing his true feelings that everyone knew, but getting nothing in return.

Therefore, it is better to maintain the status quo and wait slowly. Maybe... maybe one day the situation will turn around. Since it is destined to fail, and there is no difference between failure and the status quo, why not maintain the status quo?

This weakness in Guiminglou's eyes is the source of Guiminglou's disgust towards Xingxiong.

"The result... is disappointing."

A complete mind that completely empathizes with the original owner descends upon another body, and naturally can reproduce another "Ghost Tower", but this Ghost Tower is not her herself, but a mind that is exactly the same as her.

In the spiritual world that is almost ruled by her, Xingxiong's ego is so weak.

"Still the same emotions, still the same...weakness."

His transformation into freedom was not a completely unsolvable killer move. It was effective against the Rat King because Guiming Tower was indeed in dire straits at that time, and Lin Gerui happened to be in the most relaxed state of vigilance. Once Guiming Tower filled his brain with the maximum killing desire, even the Rat King, who had spent his whole life in military service, could not withstand it.

Because the one who infused this desire was none other than Guan Yueli's most outstanding disciple.

However, in the same way, in the case of "empathy", since Guiming Tower can cover the consciousness of others, the consciousness of the person who is given the power of other-transformation will also spread to Guiming Tower and produce reverse interference. Simply put, this is a battle of wills.

Guiminglou never took this seemingly "side effect" seriously. On the contrary, as the crusher, she could read the emotions and even memories through the consciousness spreading from the opponent, but it would increase the risk of herself turning over. But for Xingxiong... it was indeed impossible.

All he needed to do was to magnify his desire for Guan Yueli, and his incompetent junior sister would have been defeated.

This illustrates a very simple thing - these desires are what Xingxiong resists. If Xingxiong's own thoughts were close to Guiminglou, even if he just had this tendency, he would not be so embarrassed.

Just like a murderous maniac's consciousness can't interfere with another murderous maniac's consciousness. If Xingxiong was a yandere like Guiminglou... he wouldn't have to be a yandere. He just needed to be a little bit of a nympho and be more direct with Guan Yueli's feelings, and he wouldn't be defeated by Guiminglou.

This is what Guiminglou wanted. She wanted answers and results, and now she got them.

A result that she had expected, one that made her very disappointed and angry.

It's laughable that my junior sister hasn't made any progress in her feelings towards her master in these twenty years.

In the boundless space of consciousness, Gui Minglou looked down at the kneeling Xingxiong, his eyes cold as he lifted his chin with his knife:

"Junior sister, I'll give you a chance to live."

"Now, immediately, admit that you want to be the master's woman and don't want to be limited to the identity of a sister, then I will treat you as a dignified enemy; or, abandon your weak ambitions and do not allow any more delusions that cross the line for the master, then I will also treat you as my sister."

"If you still harbor the same ridiculous thoughts as before, then I can only treat you as trash unworthy of being by my Master's side and eliminate you on my own initiative."

The tip of the knife cut open the throat of Xingxiong's consciousness. Guiminglou raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled cruelly and ferociously:

"Even if the master is so angry that he kills me with a single blow, or even hates me forever, I will still do this."

"This is the difference between you and me, this is... my awareness."

If the tip of the knife went deeper, it would be able to tear open Xingxiong's neck directly.

"Now." The woman looked down at Xingxiong condescendingly, "Give me an answer."